Rerailer



Patented Sept. 1, 1931 PATENT omens:

RAYMOND J. C'ONN'ICK, or FAIBPORT, new YORK.

RERAILER Application filed September scribed: the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of the rerailers mounted in position with reference to a track retarding means;

Fig. 2 is a view of the receiving end of one of the rerailers;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged planview of one of the rerailers; and

Fig. i is a broken side view.

At the present time track retarding means is employed in the form of braking elements. arranged on opposite sides of a rail to frictionally engage opposite sides of a wheel travelling on. the rail. Under certain con ditions these retarders have the effect of: de railing a car and this under any condition causes damages and a loss, and in some instances, considerable damages and loss.

Accoreing to this invention, rerailers are associated with the rail retarding means in such a manner that before any damage is done the wheels of the car are brought back to the rails.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, a known form of track 'retarder is shown and comprises shoes 1 arranged in pairs on opposite sides of each rail 2, said shoes operating above the tread surface of the rails 52 to engage both side surfaces of wheels moving on. the rails. The shoes are mounted on shoe carriers 3 which have wide flat top surfaces extending longitudinally of the rails. application of pressure on the wheels by these shoes causes the wheels to become de- Under certain conditions, the

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railed and to ride on the shoe carriers and pass off the ends of the latter. I I

In order to retail the cars as the wheels pass off the shoe carriers, there has been provided rerailiiig means so constructed and arranged with reference to" the retarding means that the cars. are brought hack to the track before any damage is done.

These rerailing means comprise a rerail'er for eachrail positioned as closely as possibl e to the retarding. means and so constructed that the wheels of the derailed car pass from the shoe carriers of the retarding means to the rerail'ers' without any material shock or danger.

Each rerailer, in this instance, emhodie's two members i and 5 secured fixedly on opposite sides of a rail by bolts 6' passing through both members and the rail. 7

The member on the outside of the rai't has one side 7 she ed to conform to one side of the rail and t e other; side 8 conver 'ing with reference to the inner side and of greater height. At the outer side and pro ecting" from the top is a retaining flange l0. The top 11 of the memherinelines from the flan e 10 to the rail and at the front end declines" rearwardly at 1 2 toward the top 11 from the plane of the" upper' surface of the adjacent shoe carrier 3'. The inner edge of the top surface is in. a plane with or slightly above the tread surface of the rail. In this way, should" the flange of a wheel run from" an outer shoe carrier on to the outer rerailer' me'mber', it will first ride down the decline 12 o'ntot'he' main top surface 11 and the side inclination of this surface together with the flange 10' will direct the flange to the ra'i'l treadwher'e the side momentum thus created will the flange to the inner side of the rail head.

The member 5- o'f' each rerailer has its inner side conforming to the inner side of the rail, while the outside 1'4 converges from theireceivingend tot'he rear end.v On its top adjacent its outer side, a retaining, flange 15 is projected upwardly and thet'op surface 16 'd'eclines from this flange toward the rail. Adjacent. the rail the top surface is provided throughout its length with a groove 17 which is parallel with and close to the rail, the rear end of the flange l5 terminating at the wall of the rear end of the groove 17. The forward end of the top surface 16 declines from the plane of the top surface of the shoe carrier on the inside of the rail to the surface 16 so that a wheel flange rides smoothly from the shoe carrier on to the inclined surface 16 and is deflected by said surface and the flange 15 to the groove 17 where the tread of the wheel will rest on the rail.

It will thus be seen that a wheel flange engaging either member of the rerailer is first lowered from the retarder to the re railer member by an inclined surface on such member and is then directed toward the rail by a converging flange and a surface dcclinin from the flange toward the rail.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination with a rail and a track retarding mechanism having shoe carriers on opposite sides of the rail projecting above the rail, of a rerailer arranged on opposite sides of the rail in immediate proximity to one end of the retarding mechanism to receive a derailed wheel directly from the shoe carriers of the retarding mechanism. c

2. The combination with a rail and a track retarding mechanism having shoe carriers on opposite sides of the rail projecting above the rail, of a rerailer having two portions on opposite sides of the rail in immediate prox imity to one cnd of the retarding mechanism and having the top portions of their receiving ends above the rail.

3. A rerailer for use with track retarding mechanisms comprising two members arranged on opposite sides of a rail, each member having its top surface at its receiving end arranged above the rail and declining downwardly.

4. A rerailer for use with track retarding mechanisms comprising two members arranged on opposite sides of a rail, the inner member having a groove in its top surface throughout the length of said surface and each member having a flange on its top projecting above the rail throughout the length of the members and converging toward the rail from the receiving end of the rerailer, and a surface between the flange and the rail declining toward the rail.

5. A rerailer for use with track retarding mechanisms comprising a member on the outside of a rail having a flange on its top throughout its length converging toward the rail from the receiving end of the derailer toward the rear end, and a top surface declining from the flange toward the rail, all portions of said top surface being not below the tread surface of the rail.

6. A rerailer for use with track retarding mechanisms comprising a member on the outside of a rail having a flange on its top throughout its length converging toward the rail from the receiving end of the derailer toward the rear end, and a top surface declining from the flange toward the rail, all portions of said top surface being not below the tread surface of the rail and the receiving end of said top surface declining downwardly from a point above the top surface of the rail.

7. A rerailer for use with track retarding mechanisms comprising a member on the inside of the rail having a groove in its top surface throughout the length of the member parallel with and in close proximity to the rail, a flange on the top surface converging toward the rail from the receiving end of the rerailer, and from the flange to the groove and having no portion thereof below the top surface of the rail.

8. A rerailer for use with track retarding mechanisms comprising a member on the in side of the rail having a groove in its top surface throughout the length of the member parallel with and in close proximity to the rail, a flange on the top surface converging toward the rail from the receiving end of the rerailer, and a top surface declining from the flange to the groove and having no portion thereof below the top surface of the rail, the forward portion of the top portion declining toward the rear of the rerailer and being situated above the top surface of the rail.

RAYMOND J CON N ICK.

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